Mark Adler (computer scientist)
Mark Adler (born April 3, 1959 in Miami ) is an American computer scientist and aerospace engineer.
Adler studied mathematics (Bachelor 1981) and electrical engineering (Master 1985) at the University of Florida . In 1990 he received his PhD in physics from Caltech . He then worked at Hughes Aircraft on various projects such as data compression . From 1992 to 1995 he was involved in a leading role in the Cassini-Huygens Mission (Lead Mission Engineer for Cassini) and then at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory as a senior engineer for unmanned reconnaissance missions to Mars . He led the development of planned missions that were supposed to return soil samples (Mars Sample Return Project), which was no longer realized after the failure of the Mars Polar Lander , and had leading positions in the Mars Exploration Rover Mission of 2003 at JPL (among others for exploration with the Spirit Rover).
He is co-author of the Zlib library (and the checksum algorithm Adler-32 named after him ), gzip (both with the French Jean-Loup Gailly ) and Info-ZIP . He was also involved in the PNG format.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ About Mark Adler. Retrieved November 27, 2018 .
- ↑ Mars Exploration: Zip Code Mars. Archived from the original on April 24, 2009 ; accessed on November 27, 2018 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Adler, Mark |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American computer scientist and engineer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 3, 1959 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Miami |